51 Jessy McLean
51 - Jessy McLean
Height: 5-6
Year: Jr.
Hometown: Matlacha, FL
High School: Bishop Verot
Position: IF/OF
Bats/Throws: R/R

Career:
After three seasons in the program she has played in 114 games, 72 in a starting capacity ... Has 20 multi-hit games to her credit and has driven in two or more runs on 12 occasions.

Junior (2019):
Saw action in 40 games ... Knocked in 13 runs ... Totaled one multi-hit contest and drove in two or more runs on three occasions ... Pinch-hit single in the fourth inning scored pinch runner Mallory Nolen with the team’s second run in an eventual 9-5 win over Lynchburg (May 18) in NCAA Super Regional action ... Delivered a pinch-hit single that plated pinch runner Mallory Nolen, giving the Eagles a 4-1 lead in an eventual 5-4 victory over Piedmont (May 13) in the winner-take-all game of the NCAA Demorest Regional ...  Pinch-hit single scored Natalie Arreguin with the first of four Eagle runs in the fourth inning against Transylvania (May 10) in the opening game of the NCAA Demorest Regional ... Pinch-hit double in the top of the third closed out the scoring of a four-run frame and included the game-winning RBI in an 11-3 win in five innings vs. Brandeis (Apr. 28) ... Bases-loaded pinch-hit triple in the top of the fourth was the key blow of a six-run frame in a 10-7 win over Case Western Reserve (Apr. 21) ... Pinch hit sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth drove in the final tally of a four-run frame in a 4-1 verdict over Carnegie Mellon (Mar. 30).

Sophomore (2018):
Solid campaign that saw her garner All-University Athletic Association Second Team honors ... Played in all 41 games and made all 40 of her starts at third base ... Concluded the year No. 2 on the club and 10th among UAA players in batting with a .351 effort, coming through with 40 hits (second on the team) in 114 trips to the plate ... First on the squad's score sheet with 21 runs scored, 10 doubles and a .518 slugging percentage ... No. 2 on the club with 20 RBIs ... Second on the team with 12 multi-hit performances and drove in two or more runs a team-high tying five times ... Two hits, one of which was a two-run single in the top of the seventh that plated Emory’s last two runs, in a 4-1 win over Wash U (Apr. 6) ...  Hit safely twice and came through with a run-producing double during a five-run uprising in the third inning, helping in a five-inning, 9-0 decision over Wash U (Apr. 7) – knocked in her second run of the game the following inning with a two-bagger ...  Collected two of the team’s four hits, including a double that knocked in the team’s final run in a 2-0 decision over Brandeis (Apr. 13) ...  Hit two homers and drove in four runs in sparking the Eagles to a five-inning, 10-1 outcome over Brandeis (Apr. 14) ... Collected three of the team’s eight hits in the second game of a doubleheader vs. Georgia Gwinnett (Apr. 25), the top-ranked team in the NAIA ranks ...  Came through with a double in the top of the seventh that scored Sarah Katz with an insurance run in a 4-2 triumph over Lynchburg (May 12) in the NCAA Atlanta Regional ... Recorded a career-long nine-game hitting streak (Apr. 6 - through Apr. 17), the top effort by an Eagle during the season, and went .464 (13-of-28) at the plate with nine RBIs in that stretch ...  Member of the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team. 

Freshman (2017):
A key contributor to the program who played in 33 games, 27 as a starter ... Made 14 starts at third base, eight as designated player and five at first base ... Ended the year hitting .320 (22 of 71) with 18 RBIs ... Chalked up seven multi-hit games and drove in two or more runs on four occasions ... Tied for third on the team with three home runs ... Tied for third place on the team and 15th among UAA players with seven doubles ... Named UAA Hitter of the Week (Feb. 13) after an impressive opening weekend at the 3n2 Elite Event where she topped the team in hitting (.455) while driving in a team-high five runs in helping the Eagles to a 3-1 mark ... Four RBIs on a pair of two-run producing doubles in a 7-0 win vs. Averett (Feb. 12) ... 2-for-4 in the batter's box vs. Averett (Feb. 11) included a double and her first collegiate home run, a solo shot, and she scored a pair of runs ... 2-for-3 with a solo homer to her credit in the second game of a doubleheader vs. Berry (Feb. 18) ... Sacrifice fly in the top of the first scored Sarah Flanders and was the GWRBI in a 4-0 victory over North Carolina Wesleyan (Feb. 25) ... Registered a pair of hits in four trips to the plate, one of which was a solo homer in the bottom of the seventh in the second game of a doubleheader vs. Christopher Newport (Mar. 4) ... 2-for-4  and drove in a pair of runs in an 8-3 triumph vs. Christopher Newport (Mar. 5) ... Logged three hits, including a pair of doubles, and knocked in the team's first two runs on her first two-bagger in the first game of a twinbill vs. Lynchburg (Mar. 17) ... Drew a bases-loaded walk that plated Greta Wilker in the bottom of the sixth, tying the game at 4-4, in the second game of the Brandeis series.  

High School:

Played four years of softball at Bishop Verot High School ... Was coached by Pablo Plaza and Rick Hendrix ... Served as team co-captain as a junior and senior ...  Brought home Class 4A Second Team All-State honors her final two years ... Helped Bishop Verot to a 2016 state crown ... Member of four district championship teams ... Selected to play in the Bartley's Senior All-Star Game ... Part of teams that won two regional championships ... Also competed in volleyball, basketball and swimming ... Graduated Summa Cum Laude ... Bishop Verot Pioneer Student-Athlete Book Awar recipient ... Ronald McDonald House Charities of SWFL Scholarship ... Youth Foundation Inc., Hadden Scholarship.

Played travel ball for Panthers Fastpitch

Personal:
Daughter of Ken and Amy McLean ... Born May 21 ... Majors in Human Health.

Quote:
"I chose Emory because I felt that it would be the best school to prepare me for work field.  I felt at home, both with the softball program and the academic courses. I also knew that Emory would challenge me academically and athletically."

Career Stats

Year G-GS AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB-ATT AVG
2019 40-5 45 7 10 13 0 2 0 1-1 .222
2018 41-40 114 21 40 20 10 0 3 1-1 .351
2017 33-27 71 15 22 18 7 0 3 1-1 .310
TOTAL 114-72 230 43 72 51 17 2 6 3-3 .313